19 Year Old Pledges To Win Jobs As Mayor
Newcomerstown Ohio selects 19 year old Ron Hooker as mayor in a write in bid. Hooker with an IQ of 149 vows to work with the Chamber of Commerce to attract industry and jobs. He won 1,067 of 1,558 votes as voters backed his conservative platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Ronald Hooker
Ohio
Hooker
Newcomerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Ashland College
the Welcome Wagon
Clarence Hooker
Water Shut Off In Pomeroy Areas For Reservoir Clean
Pomeroy residents in Breezy Heights Lincoln Hill Butternut Avenue and Mechanic Street will have no water for 24 to 36 hours as the reservoir is drained and cleaned. A tank truck will be stationed on Lincoln Hill to provide water while supplies run low.
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Pomeroy
Breezy Heights
Lincoln Hill
Butternut Avenue
Mechanic Street
Beta Sigma Phi Meeting and Masonic Lodge Notices
The Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meets Tuesday at 8:15 in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Social Room with a cultural report by Carol McCullough and Jennifer Anderson. Hostesses are Linda and Ruth Biffle. Shade River Lodge No 453 F and AM in Chester holds a special meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Work will be in KA. all Master Masons invited.
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Ohio
Mail Boxes Hit in Skidding Auto Incident
Pomeroy Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reports a hit and run on Route 143 near Wolf Pen at 7 30 p m Wednesday. An unidentified vehicle skidded off the road, damaged the Lincoln Russell yard and mail boxes, and left without reporting the crash. Investigation ongoing.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Route 143
Wolf Pen
Lincoln Russell
Point Pleasant Youth Committee Plans New Youth Center Building
The Point Pleasant Youth Committee outlined three events to equip a 42 by 128 foot quonset donated by Ohio Power Co for a city youth center at Harmon Field funded by an Emergency Act Grant. An auction is set for Nov 13 at noon, a youth march Nov 20, and a Thanksgiving night marathon with planning and staging by local Jaycees and school groups. Donations are invited, a special bank account exists at The Peoples Bank, and donations are tax deductible per Darrell Walden of the Huntington IRS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio Power Co
Harmon Field
Uled
Charles Frum
Richard Mabe
Buddy Cottrill
Point Pleasant High School
J. A. Holland
Norvell White
Jim Stewart
Jaycees
John H. Davis
Micheele Helms
James Tatterson
Wallace Smith
Jon Leighty
John Knight
Peoples Bank
City of Point Pleasant Youth Center
Citizens National Bank
Darrell Walden
Huntington Internal Revenue Service
Donation Voted by Church Guild and Event Notices
The Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church voted a 25 donation at the Wednesday luncheon to fund banners and acolyte service. They also approved two gift certificates for Church Women United. World Community Day of Church Women United is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the Presbyterian church.
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Point Pleasant
Service Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Church Women United
Church
Women United
Presbyterian Church
Garden Club Warns on Whooping Cranes at Meeting
Middleport Garden Club met at Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co to hear Miss Dianne Cornelius from Cheshire Garden Club warn hunters threaten the whooping crane’s survival. They announced the County Christmas Flower Show for Nov 27 28 and asked members to bring gifts for Athens Mental Health Center patients. Hostesses served refreshments to 21 members and four guests.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co
Dianne Cornelius
Cheshire Garden Club
Athens Mental Health Center
Roy Cassell
David Entsminger
M.C. Wilson
James Arnold
Dwight Zavitz
John Davis
Earl Knight
Cornelius
Garden clubs plan Meigs County Christmas Flower Show
Meigs County Garden Clubs meet at Ohio Power Company to schedule the annual Christmas Flower Show set for November 27 28 in the Meigs High School cafeteria. Public hours are Saturday 1 to 5 pm and Sunday 1 to 4 pm with multiple committees named for staging judging hospitality and education activities.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Garden Clubs
Ohio Power Company
Joe Bolin
Meigs High School
Saece —Messenger
Beulah Jones
Meigs County
William Willford
Dan Thomas
Roy Snowden
Robert Lewis
Homer Parker
Leadership Workshop Planned On Saturday
A Southeastern Ohio leadership development workshop for Baptist churches and interested locals is set for Saturday at Middleport First Baptist Church. Registration runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a $1 per person fee, or $5 per church, lunch at $1.25, and a 12:30 p.m. lunch hosted by the Busy Bee Class. The program features Rev. Douglas Manson, Dr. Russell Jones, Rev. Lee Morris, Rev. Ralph Lamb, and others in sessions on church leadership, deacons, trustees, Christian education, missions, and leadership development.
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Middleport
Ohio
Middleport First Baptist Church
Sixth and
Palmer Streets
Leadership Development Division of
Christian Education
Douglas Manson
Russell Jones
Lee Morris
Ralph Lamb
Paul Edie
Board of Christian Education At Work
Doris Holloway
Thomas Raisner
Muriel Bristol
George Douglas Manson
Robert Jansen
Charles Simons
Point Pleasant AAUW to host Mrs Jody Smirl speaker
Mrs Jody G. Smirl member of the House of Delegates will headline the Point Pleasant Branch AAUW meeting November 8 at 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Auditorium Invitations have been sent to the Mason County Retired Teachers Association and the Gallipolis AAUW branch.
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Point Pleasant
Jody G. Smirl
House of Delegates
American Association University Women
Appalachian
Mason Country Retired Teachers Association
Gallipolis
AAUW
POMEROY Elects William Baronick Mayor
William Baronick, newly elected mayor of Pomeroy, thanks voters and pledges to work with village officials to improve Pomeroy for its citizens. In Middleport, a Junior High special education class toured the Post Office on a communication unit guided by Miss Maria Shultz from Ohio University.
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Pomeroy
William Baronick
Baronick
Middleport
Martia Shultz
Ohio University
Twelve Appear At Meeting Over District Transfer
About 12 Chester Township residents appeared before the Meigs County School Board on Tuesday asking for their territory to transfer to the Meigs Local School District. The board discussed the request but made no action. John Bentley received a bus drivers certificate. All board members were present.
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Pomeroy
Chester Township
Meigs County
Bearch
Meigs
John Bentley
Confirmation Meeting Set by Christ Episcopal Church
Rev. Clifford Schane announces a November 13 meeting at 10 30 a m in the parish hall for youths to prepare for confirmation during the bishop s January visit. Those aged 12 and older are invited to join the class series.
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Point Pleasant
Clifford Schane
Christ Episcopal Church
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Medical Staff Updates
Veterans Memorial Hospital reports personnel notes listing Kerry Yates, William Fields, Lillian Walker, Clint Birch, Dallas Lightfoot, Clelia Findley, Roma Beal, Terry Jewell, Phil Baldwin, Madeline Painter, Rebecca Roach, Kerry Yates, Thomas Sarber, Holly Green, Alphonso Halsey, Iris Morris, Darrin Warth, Walter Heilman, Orville Basham, Randy Wood, Elmer Norvell.
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Kerry Yates
William Fields
Lillian Walker
Clint Birch
Dallas Lightfoot
Clelia Findley
Roma Beal
Terry Jewell
Phil Baldwin
Madeline Painter
Rebecca Roach
Thomas Sarber
Holly Green
Alphonso Halsey
Iris Morris
Darrin Warth
Walter Heilman
Orville Basham
Randy Wood
Elmer Norvell
Scholarship winner goes to Columbus
Miss Cynthia Gooch of Minersville won the Meigs County 4-H scholarship and attended the Fifth All American Quarter Horse Congress at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. She joined clinics and banquets and saw exhibitors in jumping driving western riding reigning barrels racing and western trail horses while active in 4-H and the Harrisonville Wranglers.
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Pomeroy
Cynthia Gooch
C. K. Nease
Minersville
Columbus
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Highlights Visitors
Pleasant Valley lists visitors including Mrs. Fred Willet Mrs. Jack Randolph Mrs. Richard Ware Basil Crews all of Point Pleasant Kay Wheeler West Columbia Mrs. William Ault Middleport Mrs. Clayton Hager Albany Mrs. James W. Duncan Apple Grove Brenda Tucker Grimms Landing Billie Joe Harrington Mrs. Charles Rogers Mrs. Charles Westmoreland William Hamm Jesse Legg Elizabeth Jones Ronald Brumfield Pomeroy Hattie Russell St Petersburg Fla spent Wednesday visiting with Mrs Henry Ewing and Mrs Raymond Boice Pomeroy
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Fred Willet
Jack Randolph
Richard Ware
Basil Crews
Point Pleasant
Kay Wheeler
West Columbia
William Ault
Middleport
Clayton Hager
Albany
James W. Duncan
Apple Grove
Brenda Tucker
Grimms Landing
Billie Joe Harrington
Charles Rogers
Charles Westmoreland
William Hamm
Jesse Legg
Elizabeth Jones
Ronald Brumfield
Pomeroy
Hattie Russell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Henry Ewing
Raymond Boice
SWC Convention Set In West Va
The 13th annual West Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors Association meeting opens in West Virginia with a three day program at Jacksons Mill. Mason County delegates include Edward Bumgarner Jesse Brown Woodrow Brown and Helen Bush. Key speakers include Gordon Zimmerman and Gus R Douglass with Governor Arch Moore slated to speak at the banquet.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Harley Cutlip
Commissionery of Agriculture
Gus R. Douglas
State Soil Conservation Committee
Conservation Farm
Gus R. Douglass
Arch A. Moore
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Meigs Meetings
Point Youth Committee
Harold Somerville
Milton L. Miller
Gail Faires
Jack Cochran
Juliet Smith
J. J. Lovell
Polo
John Pate
Spartanburg
S. C
Air Force
Foster
W. Washington ST
Nelsonville, Ohio
Garden Club
Dangers
Crane
Yale
Bolin
Robert Kuhn
Harold Lohse
Robert Canaday
Reid Young
James Nicholson
Ruby Diehl
Henry Turner
Carl Horky
Gretta Simpson
Bert Grimm
Wilson Carpenter
Wyatt Chadwell
Roger Morgan
Robert Thompson
Don Thomas
Harold Wolfe
Charles Lewis
Oscar Pennington
Jack Hart
Rosalie Story
James Carpenter
L. E. Reynolds
Parker
Mrs. Smirl
Tour Post Office
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Miss Gooch
4-H Pleasure Riders
Harrisonville
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Pomeroy Visitor
West Va
Griffin Callaham
Gordon Zimmerman
National Association of Conservation Districts
Washington, D. C
Joseph P. Kuykendall
SCS
Fort Worth
Tex
Aubrey Riner
Donald Stephens
National Association
Ross Stump
The
Forest Service
Williams. Ritchie Jr
Department of Highways
Carl Thomas
George W. McCune
Upper Ohio
Nelsonvile
Magic Cmte
Cook
Young's Appliances
Columbus St
Telephone
Nelsonville
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